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What's the loft height in the yellow handle ????
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What's the loft height in the yellow handle ????
I've ordered the 26mm black fibre red handle brush, which should touch the British shores in ten days or so. However, I strongly suspect this black fiber knot to be the same as the Maggard one (which I had in my possession); if so, it has a little less backbone than the Tuxedo (to me), which is more suitable to my taste (the actual Yaqi's Tuxedo a wee bit too much backbone to my taste).
You could easily test that by comparing a well broken in boar brush with a good synthetic; the boar retains much more water, in my opinion. If you overload a synthetic, the water just leaks out.Anyone tried to "scientifically" define the term water retention then measure and compare results between different knots: A thesis on how differences in water retention will effect loading of brush and lathering in practice
...If you overload a synthetic, the water just leaks out...
Virginia Sheng, inspired by Yaqi for sure, is starting to pay more attention to handles.
https://vigshaving.aliexpress.com/store/402657
Neither has enough to be bothersome in my experienceQuestion to the tuxedo and plissoft owners. Which one has more "springyness"? I mean the annoying property of the fiber bouncing back like a spring? I may make a 2nd order from Yaqi and trying to figure out if it's worth to order tuxedo too, since i try to stay below the 22 EUR ceiling, cause beyond that, you risk customs fee and VAT here.